scholarly journals Ergonomics of anatomical bra models for breastfeeding: a contribution of nursing

2022 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Batista dos Santos Heberle ◽  
Alexandrina Aparecida Maciel Cardelli ◽  
Ieda Harumi Higarashi ◽  
Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho ◽  
Percy Nohama ◽  
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ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the ergonomics of two models of breastfeeding bras. Methods: descriptive study carried out with 152 infants in a Brazilian university hospital. The prototypes were separated into two groups (A and B). To compare the two bra models, the Odds Ratio (OR) was used as a measure of the strength of the association. In subjective perceptions, the Modified Borg Scale, and the chi-square test of independence (χ2) were used. To compare the two prototypes, the Z test and logistic regression analysis were performed. A significance level of 5% was considered. Results: the bra in group B was more suitable for ergonomics of physical and psycho-aesthetic comfort than the bra in group A (p < 0.0001), according to the logistic regression tests. Conclusions: modeling B was ergonomically adequate, with usability and evaluation criteria centered on breastfeeding women.

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 312-316
Author(s):  
Mishra Neha Sanjeev ◽  
Harsimran Kaur ◽  
Sandeep Singh Mayall ◽  
Rishika ◽  
Ramakrishna Yeluri

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of placing a resorbable collagen barrier in impeding the extrusion of obturation material in primary molars undergoing resorption. Study design: All the 94 canals in 47 mandibular molars were allocated to 2 groups- Group ‘A’- 47 canals with collagen barrier (Test group) and Group ‘B’- 47 canals without collagen barrier (Control group) based on randomization protocol. Pulpectomy was performed and obturation of both test and control canals were radiographically assessed. Pearson’s chi – square test was applied to analyze the results. The significance level was predetermined at p &lt; 0.05. Results: Among the test group, 93.6% of the canals showed no extrusion while, 6.4% showed visible extrusion of the material outside the apex. In the control group, 83% showed no extrusion whereas 17% of the canals showed visible extrusion outside the apex. But no significant difference was noted (p&gt;0.05). Conclusion: The placement of resorbable collagen barrier in the apical third of the canal prevented the extrusion of obturating material beyond the apex in resorbing primary molars.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hira Yousuf ◽  
Muhammad Hamid Ali ◽  
Syed Fida Hussain Shah ◽  
Syed Ghazanfar Hassan ◽  
Lovekesh Kumar

Objective: To compare the frequency of the recovery of infraorbital nerve injuryfollowing zygomatic complex fracture management with open reduction and close reduction.Study Design: Randomized controlled trail study. Setting: Oral & Maxillofacial SurgeryDepartment of Dentistry, Liaquat University Hospital, Jamshoro. Period: From 17th October2015 to 16th October 2016. Material and Methods: Total 168 patients with zygomatic complexfracture with infraorbital nerve injury were included and equally divided in Close (Group-A)and Open (Group-B) reduction. Neurosensory evaluation was done. The areas were examinedbilaterally anterior cheek, lateral side of the nose and upper lip. After 24 weeks if two successivepositive responses were obtain then result was called recovery. Descriptive statistics wereapplied. Stratification was done using Chi square test. Results: The mean duration of fracture ingroup A was 21.41±9.81 hours while in group B it was 20.65±9.11 hours. The assessment after24 weeks showed better results in Group B as compared with Group A. Recovery of infraorbitalnerve injury was observed 13.1% in group A and 94% in group B. Conclusion: The frequencyof recovery is high with open reduction as compared to closed reduction.


CoDAS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Márcia Andrade Campanha ◽  
Roberta Lopes de Castro Martinelli ◽  
Durval Batista Palhares

ABSTRACT Purpose Verify the position of lips and tongue at rest in newborns with and without ankyloglossia. Methods Cross-sectional study, carried out with 130 newborns in University Hospital. Data collection was performed by the researcher and speech-language pathologists from the Hospital. Information on gestational age, sex, weight, height and days of life was collected. The position of the lips and tongue at rest was evaluated through visual inspection with the newborns asleep. After the newborns were awakened, Neonatal Screening of the validated Protocol for the evaluation of the lingual frenulum for infants was performed to detect the alteration of the lingual frenulum. The data obtained were described and submitted to statistical analysis using the Chi-Square test to verify the association between the position of the lips with the tongue and to compare the position of the lips and tongue with and without ankyloglossia. The Mann-Whitney test was used to verify the behavior of the variables the differed between newborns with and without ankyloglossia. The significance level of 5% was adopted. Results When comparing the data, a significant difference was found between: weight and height with and without ankyloglossia; position of lips and tongue. An association between the position of the tongue and lips with and without ankyloglossia was also found. Conclusion Newborns without alteration of the lingual frenulum have a tendency to remain with their lips closed and their tongue elevated during rest and newborns with ankyloglossia have a tendency to keep their lips parted and their tongue low during rest.


2015 ◽  
Vol 87 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Santosh Kumar ◽  
Rajesh Roat ◽  
Swati Agrawal ◽  
Kumar Jayant ◽  
Ravimohan S. Mavuduru ◽  
...  

Abstractwas to assess efficacy of Tadalafil alone versus Tadalafil plus Pentoxifylline in the treatment of erectile dysfunction by using self administered IIEF-5 questionnaire.Two hundred and thirty seven patients presenting with ED at andrology OPD were evaluated for ED by a self administered IIEF (International Index of Erectile Function) questionnaire. Patients were systematically randomized by computer generated random table into two groups groups namely, group A: Tadalafil only group, group B: combination of Tadalafil + Pentoxifyl-line. All the patients were re-assessed by IIEF-5 questionnaire after 8 weeks of medical therapy. Statistical analysis was performed using student’s unpaired t-test, paired t-test, chi square test. p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Two hundred and thirty seven patients were included in the present study, in group A: 92 patients (78.6%) showed improvement in their IIEF score after 8 weeks of tadalafil treatment. While in group B, overall 104 patients(86.6%) showed improvement after combination of Tadalafil and Pentoxifylline. There was a statistically significant difference of percentage change in IIEF score was seen in group B (group A 90.7±15.2%, group B 95.6±13.4%; p value – 0.014). We found this difference even more statistically significant in patients with severe ED (group A 72.7±47.2%, group B 132.3±54.3%; p value – 0.000). There was no significant difference in between the two groups with regards to occur-rence of side effects.Both tadalafil and combination of Tadalafil + Pentoxifylline improve erectile function in patients of ED. Patients with severe ED showed much significant improvement in erectile function with combination therapy.


2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 589-589
Author(s):  
S. Yuki ◽  
H. Nakatsumi ◽  
M. Tateyama ◽  
Y. Uehata ◽  
M. Kudo ◽  
...  

589 Background: Indisetron is a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist which shows also 5-HT4 antagonistic activity, that had approved in 2004 by Japan's PMDA. There are no recommendations of prophylactic regimens for preventing nausea and vomiting induced by FOLFOX therapy. To explore the optimal dose period of indisetron tablets during mFOLFOX6, we designed the study to compare the antiemetic efficacy and safety of 3-day regimen of indisetron with a single dose regimen. Methods: Advanced colorectal cancer patients who were treated with mFOLFOX6 (+/- bevacizumab) as first-line chemotherapy were enrolled in this study. They were randomly assigned to Group A (3-day of indisetron) or Group B (a single dose of indisetron). Dexamethazone (8mg) was also administered intravenously in both groups before administering of oxaliplatin. The follow-up period was 5 days from the start of chemotherapy. The primary endpoint was complete protection from vomiting, and secondary endpoints were complete protection from nausea, no use of rescue therapy, and severe adverse events. Results: Of 45 patients enrolled in this trial, 42 (93.3%) were assessable. The proportions of patients with complete protection from vomiting were 85.7% in Group A, and 81.0% in Group B (p=1.000; Fisher's exact test). The proportions of patients with complete protection from nausea were 47.6% in each group (p=1.000; chi-square test). The no rescue therapy rates were 66.7% in Group A, and 57.1% in Group B (p=0.525; chi-square test). No severe adverse events were observed in both groups. Conclusions: We suggested that the efficacy of a single dose of indisetron might be equivalent of 3-day regimen for preventing from nausea and vomiting induced by mFOLFOX6. [Table: see text]


Author(s):  
Obaid Ul Haseeb ◽  
Haris Rashid ◽  
Afrin Ahmed ◽  
Mir Arsalan Ali ◽  
Shakil Alam ◽  
...  

Background: Laparoscopic surgery or "minimally invasive" surgery is a type of specialist surgery. The most crucial, demanding, and risky part of the laparoscopy is the creation of pneumoperitoneum. The two most prevalent methods for creating a pneumoperitoneum are the closed and open approaches. Despite the fact that there is no universal consensus on the best approach to gain access to the peritoneal cavity in order to create a pneumoperitoneum. The aim of present study was to compare the operative time and post-operative outcome associated with closed technique and open classic technique. Methods: This randomized controlled trial was carried out by recruiting patients presented in surgery department of Ziauddin Hospital North campus. The samples were divided into two equal groups A and B. Group A was operated for Laparascopic abdominal surgery by open technique while group B operated through closed technique. Effectiveness of procedures was measured by number of complications occurred during and after surgery. Chi-square test and independent T-test were applied for association. P-value of < 0.05 was considered as significant. Results: Mean age was found to be 45.5±16 years and mean weight was 68±10.5 kilograms. Mean time of operations was 84.5±18.5 minutes. 60 (69.8%) of patients included underwent the laparoscopic cholecystectomy while 15 (17.4%) patients had laparoscopic appendectomy. 13/86: 15.1% of patients had the minor complication including 12/43: 27.9% in group B and 1/43: 2.3% in group A. The comparative analysis between the two groups in terms of effectiveness of either method compared by means of development of the complications was found to be highly significant with p value 0.002. Conclusion: The open approach to laparoscopic entrance has been linked to fewer surgical problems than the closed approach.


2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 1749-1754
Author(s):  
Muhammad Abdullah ◽  
Zaheer Ahmed ◽  
Hassan Fareed

The aim on the study was to compare the efficancy of salmeterol and formoterolin persistent asthama. Study Design: Randomized-Controlled-Trial(RCT). Setting: Departmentof Medicine, Allied Hospital, Faisalabad. Period: June 2014 to December 2014. Methodology:Patients of both genders with ages between 18 and 70 years having persistent bronchial asthmawhile Pregnant or lactating mothers, patients with upper or lower respiratory tract infections,acute asthma exacerbations within 4 weeks of first visit, Oral corticosteroids within 4 weeks ordepot steroids within 12 weeks of first visit and Smoking history of more than 10 pack yearswere excluded from study. Patients were randomly divided into two groups (Group A & GroupB) using computer generated random number table. Salmeterol/Fluticasone combination wasgiven to group A with a dose of 50/250μg, 2 actuations with ABEL SPACER DEVICE twice aday for a period of 24 weeks. Formoterol/Budesonide combination was given to group B with adose of 400/6μg with Rotahaler twice a day. Follow up was done by patient’s outdoor visits at6th,12th,18h and 24th week. Results: 180 patients were enrolled in the study. 79 (44%) weremales and 101 (56%) were females. Mean age of study population was 45.25+13.382 years.Patients in Group B experienced lesser number of exacerbations than patients in Group B.Group B showed better response to treatment than Group A using chi square test. (P-Value0.001). Conclusion: It has been concluded that budesonide/Formoterol is more effective incontrolling asthma symptoms than fluticasone/Salmeterol.


2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (Suppl-3) ◽  
pp. S437-39
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sohail Babar Niazi ◽  
Khawar Kamal ◽  
Zaheer Ul Hassan ◽  
Aisha Qaiser ◽  
Shahid Farooq Khattak ◽  
...  

Objective: To carry out the comparison of the effectiveness of Epleys manoeuvre and Vestibular Sedative in the management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Study Design: Quasi experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of ENT, Combined Military Hospital Peshawar, from Jul 2019 to Dec 2020. Methodology: The study was conducted on 60 patients who were diagnosed Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo by Dix Hallpike test. The patients were divided into 2 groups of 30 each. Group A was treated with vestibular sedative and group B was treated with Epleys manoeuvre. The examination of all patients was done on day 3, day 7 and day 14 and the results were documented. Results: The study revealed that the 30 cases which were managed by Epleys manoeuvre, 27 cases were completely symptom free after 14 days. Meanwhile from the 30 patients who were treated by oral vestibular sedation, only 5 patients had total recovery on 14th day. Chi square test was used to compare the results. The results showed that Epleys manoeuvre has greater efficacy in the treatment of Epleys man oeuvre than vestibular sedative. Conclusion: Epleys manoeuvre is more effective for the management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo than vestibular sedative.


Author(s):  
Sabeen Ashraf ◽  
Azra Saeed Awan ◽  
Hina Tabassum ◽  
Omair Ashraf ◽  
Touseef Fatima ◽  
...  

Background: Efforts should be made to minimize the blood loss at the time of cesarean section. The techniques used to reduce the blood loss include finger splitting versus scissor cutting of incision, in situ stitching versus exteriorization and stitching of uterus and finally spontaneous or manual removal of the placenta. Objective: The main objective of this study is to correlate the frequency of loss of blood between the placenta removed manually and spontaneously during cesarean section. Methods: Randomized controlled trial in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi. The sample is collected through Consecutive (non- probability) sampling. The study was conducted after approval from the hospital ethical and research committee. Informed written consent was taken from all the patients. The patients were divided into two groups, group A and group B randomly by using random table numbers. Group A had spontaneous placental delivery. Group B had manual placental delivery. Each patient was examined thoroughly and detailed history was taken. Data Analysis: Data was analyzed using SPSS 20 for windows. The frequency and percentage of blood loss were measured. A chi-square test was applied to correlate the blood loss between the two groups. p values <0.05 were considered statistically significant. Effect modifiers like age, gestational age, parity were controlled by stratification. Results: The blood loss was compared between both groups using the chi-square test not assuming null-hypothesis. The blood loss was comparatively high in-group in which the placenta was removed manually (p=0.007). Keywords: Caesarean Section, Placenta removal, Spontaneous, Manual, Blood loss.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-78
Author(s):  
Dinesh Sharma Bhusal ◽  
Bebina Shrestha

Introduction: Resting tongue position is of crucial importance in the stability and retention of complete denture, particularly of the mandible. The retracted position of the tongue has been found to be higher in edentulous subjects when compared to dentate subjects and highest in completely edentulous individuals. Objectives: To evaluate the resting tongue position in completely edentulous as well as partially edentulous patients. Methods: 50 edentulous and 50 partially edentulous (mandible) subjects were taken. The edentulous group was divided into two groups according to the duration of edentulousness. Group A: Recently extracted edentulous subjects (< 1 year), Group B: Long term edentulous subjects (> 1 years). The partially edentulous group was divided into 4 groups according to Kennedy classification. The resting tongue positions of all the individuals were determined. The data was analyzed using SPSS statistical tests like mean, standard deviation, proportion, Chi-square test and Independent T-test. Results: In complete edentulous group, the abnormal upper was the most frequent (38%). In partial edentulous group, the normal lower was the most frequently observed tongue position with 34%. The abnormal tongue position was found in 68% and 40% in completely edentulous and partially edentulous subjects respectively. Conclusion: Retracted resting tongue position is found to be higher in completely edentulous subjects than partially edentulous ones.


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